by Millsy »
06 Oct 2019 10:38
There’s something very wrong with this team.
Good players who seem to each be having their own individual performances.
“Not on the same wavelength”
“Disjointed”
As described by Dellor , which from what I was watching was a perfect assessment of our afternoon.
Rafa 6. Average keeper. Nothing right, nothing wrong.
Yiadom 5 not one of his better games today for some reason
MMM- 5 Didn’t do their job. I believed we missed Miazga and with his return we’d be back to normal. What BS. Are they zone marking? They seem forever clueless as to who they are meant to be picking up. I’m fed up of it. Do we even have a defensive coach?
Richards- 6 really good going forward. Defensively had good moments too.
Rino 6 - solid but nohing special.
Ejaria 8 - controversial but he’s always rightly massively closed down. Incapable of losing the ball, almost walked it into the net. Far too good for us, a class above everyone.
Pele- 6 some shit bits, some good bits.
Puscas - 3 my “very good player”, and I defended every one of his missed sitters. Until now. That was a total sitter. Amazing ball to him and all he needed to do was touch it. Decided to take a touch. His confidence is zero.
Meite -6 tried hard as usual, some good bits. Some decent shots.
Boye 7. Surprisingly good performance. But he still has the bizarre ability to do ten difficult things well and then screw up the simplest of passes. Incredibly frustrating to watch. But he did have a fantastic turn and shoot, unlucky not to score forcing a brilliant save.
Moore (as midfielder) - 6. Actually did alright. Changed the game going in mf.
Barrett. 6 - some good crosses.
Joao ? Apparently he came on.
Ref - fine
Gomes - 3. A formation and starting team most would be happy with. Good decision to put Moore in MF. Good subs but somehow changed the game for the worse, unless Bristol’s subs had an impact (more likely). NOT PLAYING OUT FROM THE BACK as much, good. But ultimately his team let in an early goal. Again. His team lost. Again. His team disjointed and not on the same wavelength. Again. I’m not entirely sure what the game plan was other than “let’s see if this set of players in this formation works?” #gomeslottery
Too many things are going wrong and it is a slippery slope down into zero confidence territory which is I think where we are now. Puscas a prime example. The players are playing as individuals. I lost count the number of times there was balls into places where the supposedly receiving player wasn’t expecting it. Yes we looked better 2nd half but it’s easy to look better when you’re chasing a game. And we’re always chasing a game because we always go one down within minutes. I’m not saying I want him gone as I feel he can turn it around. But I’d be lying if I said I’d be upset if he and his crew were gone in the next week or so.
